The National tribune., 1887-11-10


5. Richey, Lieutenant Co. III, 115th Ind,
Monument, Kan, wants the address of Lorenzo
Ningus. same company and regiment; and also
information of the date aud place of burial Of
Serg't Jonathan Sewers, Cd Ind. Cav, who was
prisoner OF war.
Thos Helen, Jackson. Miss, inquiries if there
was engaged in the siege of Vicksburg an Off
Ger by the name of G.. DrummOnd Hunt, from
Lexington, KY, in the Union army. The
writer was private in the Confederate army
and while a paroled prisoner a Federal officer
named Hunt gave him SO bill. The writer
says they were in Princeton College together
before the war, but he does not know where
Hunt was from.
A. n. Griffin, McCook, Neb. informs Joseph
Lamp, Watoma, Wis, that Wallace VI. Denham
and his brother Eugene, who were in the same
regiment from WatOma. are now living at Dam
bury. Neb. He hopes their address will benefit
some comrade.
Random Shots.
III. A. Trip, Bluehill Me-, regrets that Com
rade Jackson, 10th NY, cannot understand the
statement that the Goth Ne. did not fire shot
at Pleasant Hill, La, April 9, 1864 The writer,
who belonged 10 that regiment, says it is true.
He said nothing about the other regiments of
the brigade, but as to his own, he saw it, and
knows what he is talking about. Comrade
Jackson may speak for the 10th n. Y, but he
should not assume to know more about the 10th
Me. than its own members.
Royce Kelley, Hartford, Mich, abiding to
the subject of Indians in the Union army, says
there were a number of them in the 2d, 9th or
7th Wis, of the Iron Brigade. He remembers
seeing them on the skirmish-line at the battle
of the Wilderness. He wishes to ask the sur
yivors of the aboye-named regiments or the
10Th Ind, if they remember seeing a grave
near Mine Run on the morning of Dec. /, 1868,
with the name, George Kelley, 9th Co, LIST
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box and placed at the head. Kelley was killed
the afternoon before at Mine Run. The writer
wishes to know if the body was ever removed,
and would also be glad to have any other infor-
nation concerning it.
G.. ]. Trenaman, Rochester, n. Y, sends a
brief account Of the Reunion of the survivors
OF the Sultana disaster, which was held at st.
Louis during the Encampment. This was the
most appalling disaster in the history of Ameri-
can steambOating. More than l 400 lives were
lost, the victims being Union soldiers who had
just been released, most of them from the prison
at Cahaba, Ala. A society of the survivors was
organized, and the following officers were
elected: President, Ira T. Collins; Sec, Geo. j.
Trenaman. The President was instructed to
draw up a program for the next annual Re-
union, to be held at the next annual Encamp-
ment of the GAR. The following enrolled
their names as members: Jessie Hawes M. d.,
Greeley, Colo; Ira +. Collins, Sabetha, Kan;
Geo. j. Trenaman, Rochester, n. Y; E. A. Geer,
Carondelet, Mo-; l.. Il. Halves, Sandusky, o.;
August Raymond, ST. Louis, Mo-; j. w. Rush,
Larned, Kan; III. Phelps, Joplin, Mo-; Ben
Warner, Kansas City, Mo-; Russell B. Thrapp,
Eureka. ILL.,; III. J. Burlington, Wetmore,S Kan;
+. w. HARDWOOD, Cedar Radips, Iowa.
James Long, Co. III, 10th Ind, address not
given.) refers to the pension bill proposed by
Gen. Berdan. The writer thinks 1t should be
SO amended as to give all who practically
served in the ranks and have arrived, or shall
hereafter arrive, at the age of %, service PEN
sion of 81 a month at the age of 81, s.; at 81,
Sl2
Robert Bayles Co. d. 10th Kan. Cav, BjOu
Hills, Oak. says was his regiment that gave the
Sioux and ArapahOes a drubbing, under Col.
Cole. and that it was Spotted Tail, and not Sit
ting Bull, who was the leader of the Indians.
Jarvis Ford, Dayton, o., writes enthusiast
tically regarding the recent Reunion of the
Union Veterans at Cleveland. He speaks very
highly of the association, and believes it q fine
organization for old soldiers.
Corpl n. V. Hutchinson, Co. K, 9Th Mass,
North Abingdon. Mass, corrects the assertion
Of D. 5. Barrett, of Adrian, Mich, as to the first
crossing of the Chickahominy. The crossing
was made on the Goth of May, 1862, by troops
of the 7th Mass, of COUGHS Division, Fourth
(keyes's) Corps. The troops were crossing to
the southwark of the creek while the Bottoms
Bridge was being rebuilt.
8. +. Dent, Co. E, 18th Ind, Clarissa. Mimi,
writes of the death of Col. John A. Washing
ton, that IL took place on Elk River, w. Va, in
August, 1861, the fatal shots being fred by IL
soldiers mot IL shots only, four of which
struck the Colonel in the back. He would like
to know the regiment to which these soldiers
| belonged.
Samuel Young, Co. K. Odd Wis, Norcatur,
Kan, disputes the claim Of Comrade Harris,
Hist N. Y, that the First Brigade, First Divis-
| ion, Twentieth Corps, was in the advance, and
received the first fire of the enemy at Peach
Tree Creek. The writer says his regiment be-
longed to the Second Brigade, Third Division,
and was on the skirmish-line that day. Ii &C.
| cupied the right, from which it drove the rebel
skirmishers. He insists that it was Gen. John
Coburn who received the surrender Of the city
of Atlanta.
James McEdwards, First Sergeant, Co. I, 3oth
Iowa, Menomonee, Wis. says that Comrade
Denny is mistaken in regard to the 30th Iowa.
The writer says he knows it belonged to the
First Brigade, First Division, Fifteenth Corps,
and was very active participant in the battle
of Lookout Mountain.
John b. Grout, Co. III, 18th Ill Cav, Beloit,
Wis, says there is a comrade living in his
neighborhood who was one Of IL brothers who
served in the war. Two served in the 18th
ILL.,; two in the 74th; two in the 44th; one in
the 18th; one in the 156th; one in the 18th
Wis; one was a teamster in the LIST u. s. Cav,
| and the 18th was in the service in some capac-
ity.
Barnard Bartlett, Monroe. Mich, complains
Of the hardness in pensioning the disabled SOL
diers of 1862, on account of the incomplete
hospital records of that time. He thinks that
| when the records specify discharge for disabil-
ity, that should be proof of the existence OF
such disability, whether or not the hospital
records are incomplete.
James Phagan, Co. III, 18th Kan. Cav, Buff
falo, Wyo, would be glad to see something in
| THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE from some partici-
pants in the Powder River expedition of 1864
to what is now Montana. He was in the ex-
petition under Gen. Connor, which met plenty
| Of Indians and buffaloes and had many fights
over the same ground that is now thickly COW
cred with ranches, and where many comrades
| are settled.
William Her, Co. d, Sd Mo-, Louisiana, Mo-.
has word to say about the composition of the
First Brigade. First Division, Fifteenth Corps.
| He says the regiments were the 10th Ohio, Sd
Iowa, 18th ILL.,. and Sd, 10Th, 18th and 9th No.
Gen. Wood, who commanded it, was formerly
| Colonel of the 10th Ohio. The Sd Mo. and 10th
Ohio were deployed on the skirmish-line OF
the brigade at Lookout Mountain, and were
the first troops to cross the creek. The 11th
Ind. and Goth Iowa were never in the First
Brigade. First Division, Fifteenth Corps. The
writer closes his statement with the assertion
that this was the brigade that captured DE
Gress's battery at Atlanta.